After leaving the old man's house, Dong Ming looked at the house not far away with a complicated expression.

"Maybe... this is the spiritual world of the bone demon?"

Qingran was a little confused.

Suddenly, she grabbed Dong Ming's arm:

"Husband, can humans... be so scary?"

Dong Ming's breath was stagnant.

In Qingran's clear eyes, it seemed that for the first time she had realized the evil in human nature.

Dong Ming gently stroked Qingran's head, and then held the other person's hands:

"Qingran, human beings are very complicated."

"You have just turned into a human form not long ago, and you have stayed with me and the Pavilion Master. You don't know enough about real human nature."

"I can't explain the complexity of human nature, but... you can see for yourself."

"If you are scared, just tell me and I will protect you!"

Qingran's eyes suddenly turned into crescent moons, and she nodded with a smile.

Dong Ming took Qingran's hand and gradually walked towards the hut.

At this time, it was vaguely visible that some people standing next to Butcher Zhang looked at the house with a hint of disgust in their eyes.

Of course, more importantly, he was still looking at the woman working in the courtyard.

The woman was dressed very ordinary, and... her eyes were a little dazed, and she looked like a walking corpse.

When passing by, Dong Ming even heard people on both sides talking about it.

"What a sin! How could this mother-in-law do this?"

"That's right, let your daughter be raped by your own adoptive father, what kind of family can do such a thing!"

"It's just pity that girl, she has to suffer such torture at such a young age!"

"This is God's blindness. Why didn't he strike these bitches to death with a thunderbolt?"

Dong Ming, who heard this in his ears, shook his head slightly.

No matter how pitiful it is, what's the use?

It's not his own child, and he has no position to stop it.

This... actually makes people feel that Yin Ruxian is even more pitiful.

"Husband, this voice..." Qingran hid behind Dong Ming with some fear.

At this time, there were sounds from men and faint cries. Even though Dong Ming had no friendship with this bone demon, he couldn't help but get angry when he heard them.

"Qingran, let's go to the side." Dong Ming sighed.

During these days of getting along, he also discovered it.

Qingran's mind is very simple, like a girl who is inexperienced in the world.

Moreover, Qingran will be very afraid of some extremely evil things, even if the opponent has no power to restrain them.

This may be... related to the symbolic meaning of the blue bird in myths and legends.

The two came to a small river not far away.

"Husband, are you... not going to stop them?"

Dong Ming shook his head: "What has already happened, even if it is stopped, it will be of no use."

"Although we don't know why we entered this place, but... first of all, we must ensure our own safety, and secondly, we must know the truth of that year as much as possible."

Just as he was talking, his mother, who sounded like a string, came to the river with some clothes.

When she saw Dong Ming and Qing Ran, who were strangers, her mother Zhang, who sounded like a string, had no expression on her face. She just squatted beside her in a daze and started beating her clothes with a wooden stick.

Dong Ming thought for a while, then stepped forward and said, "You are Yin Ruxian's mother, Zhang, right?"

Zhang's hand holding the wooden stick paused slightly, and she stared at the two people with empty eyes.

Qingran trembled all over, feeling frightened by such eyes.

Dong Ming was also shocked.

Such a look... It's like he has no soul at all, and his soul is at the mercy of others.

"Who are you?"

"Guest?"

"Then you shouldn't come to me, go to my husband."

“In terms of price…”

Dong Ming really couldn't listen any more, so he interrupted Zhang's words rudely:

"Aren't you heartbroken?"

"Seeing your daughter being defiled by your own adoptive father, you are still like that woman in a romantic place!"

"She's so little!"

"She is the flesh that fell from your body, so you don't feel any pain at all?"

Despite questioning, Ms. Zhang remained expressionless.

After a while, she waved the stick and began to slap her clothes harder.

She lowered her head slightly and said in a deep voice:

"So what if it hurts?"

"Can you live with heartache?!"

"In this world, ever since we started building damn canals, people have been running out of food!"

"What's the use of dignity if you starve to death!"

Dong Ming only feels ridiculous:

"So...just because of this, you have the heart to betray your daughter?"

Mrs. Zhang raised her head again.

This time, she grinned, but that smile made people a little scared.

It was a smile that... seemed like your sanity would completely collapse in the next second!

"Looking at how you two are dressed, you must have enough to eat and wear."

"How can you understand the despair of watching the men in your family being taken away from building the canal and never coming back?"

"I'm a woman, I can't farm, and I can't make much supplement by doing simple weaving work?"

"Did you just say betrayal?"

"Haha... As long as I can have enough food and clothing, it doesn't matter for me or my daughter, whatever it takes is fine!"

"As long as...as long as I can survive!"

Zhang's face was a little distorted.

At this moment, she was crying and laughing, and seemed to have lost her soul. Even Dong Ming subconsciously took a few steps back.

This person...has gone crazy!

Dong Ming pulled Qingran and left in a hurry.

The village in front of me also underwent subtle changes in an instant.

The overall layout has not changed, but what was supposed to be spring has turned into winter in the blink of an eye.

In the sky, snowflakes are falling.

The river in front of me was also slightly covered with frost.

Dong Ming and Qing Ran saw a little girl walking out of the butcher Zhang's house and came to the river half-heartedly.

The little girl was still clean after being cleaned up.

It's just...that empty look in his eyes, combined with what they already knew, it can't help but make people feel heartbroken.

Obviously, the girl in front of me is a young bone demon.

At this time, the bone demon also noticed the two people standing aside.

Her eyes were first placed on Dong Ming. Subconsciously, her whole body trembled, and she ran away tremblingly.

Obviously, the bone demon at this time has developed a fear of men because of the great trauma he suffered in his heart.

On the side, Qingran leaned out from Dong Ming.

"Husband, let me go and take a look."
To be continued...